A new and substrate specific species of Ilex (Aquifoliaceae) from north-eastern Queensland, Australia.

Andrew James Ford; David Halford; Marlien van der Merwe

doi:10.7751/telopea14979

Systematics; Plant taxonomy; Nomenclature; Plant Evolution; Plant Conservation; Plant Morphology; Plant Phenology; Identification tools; Australia; Australasia; New South Wales; Australian Capital Territory; Queensland; Western Australia; South Australia; Northern Territory; Victoria; Tasmania; New Zealand; New Caledonia; New Guinea; Lord Howe Island;

A new and substrate specific species of Ilex (Aquifoliaceae) from north-eastern Queensland, Australia.

Authors

Andrew James Ford CSIRO Land and Water
David Halford
Marlien van der Merwe

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea14979

Keywords:

Plant Systematics, Plant Diversity Research

Abstract

Ilex metamorphicum A.J.Ford & Halford is formally described and illustrated. Notes on habitat, distribution and conservation status are provided, as are detailed information how to distinguish it from I. arnhemensis, the only other native species of Ilex in Australia.

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Published

2021-06-01

Issue

Vol. 24

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Articles

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